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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pooja Bafila
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- LGD code
- 49636
- Pincode
- 262531
- Post office
- Berinag
- Population
- 25
- Households
- 6
- Literacy rate
- 44%
- Sex ratio
- 1500 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 176 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 282 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 66 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bageshwar Governnment Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Darmet compares
By population, Darmet ranks #160 of 193 villages in Berinag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.0%
−28.3% vs mandal average
- Darmet
- 44.0%
- Berinag mandal
- 72.3%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,500
+440 vs mandal average
- Darmet
- 1,500
- Berinag mandal
- 1,060
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Darmet
- 4.2
- Berinag mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Darmet at a glance
Darmet is a village of 25 people in 6 households (Census 2011) in Berinag tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 160th-largest of 193 villages in Berinag tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 28 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,500 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Pithoragarh district centre, 34 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 66 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262531, served by Berinag post office; the LGD village code is 49636. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bageshwar Governnment Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Pooja Bafila, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 29 in 2026, up 16% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Darmet
- LGD code
- 49636
- Pincode
- 262531
- Post office
- Berinag
- Population (Census 2011)
- 25
- Population (projected 2026)
- 29
- Households
- 6
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1500
- Literacy rate
- 44.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.82535°N, 79.76676°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pooja Bafila
- Block / Mandal
- Berinag
Getting there
How to reach Darmet
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun176 kmcapital
- Delhi282 km
- Kolkata1177 km
- Mumbai1383 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam66 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station1 km
- Hospital / PHCBageshwar Governnment Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil27 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College3 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal57 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Darmet
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Darmet
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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